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Of all the astronomical numbers associated with the financial collapse–$8 trillion in lost housing equity from 2001 to 2008, and the $4.7 trillion bailout program–perhaps the largest economic cost of the long-running recession comes from the wasted talents of millions of unemployed Americans. With the official rate of unemployment running at 9%, which translates into nearly 14 million people out of work, the nation is not only being deprived of…